Mine is really empty, so it would be very helpful if you tell me what to write instead. Thanks!
You have to have some accomplishments. They don't all have to come from paid work experiences.
Under your education heading, at each school / degree / certificate entry -- if you held any leadership role in the program or received any particular award or honor, list it.
Under work experiences, for each one, find something that you can say about yourself that clearly demonstrates some quality that the employer is looking for. So, maybe you organized a new filing system in an office. Or you were responsible for cash handling and making bank deposits for the yogurt shop you worked at part time. Or whatever. Give specific instances, with concrete numbers.
- Exceeded sales goals in for 3 consecutive quarters by 20% or more.
- Coordinated with team to complete project under budget and 3 weeks before deadline
Etc.
If you don't have a lot of work experience, list volunteer experiences. Same idea.
Add a section for Skills. Give a bullet point list of skills that could be relevant to the position. This is a good place to list computer programs/languages/operating systems that you are comfortable with, technology that you are experienced in using, whatever. If you are having trouble thinking of things, look over the job description / advertisement and think about what kinds of skills you'd need to have to do that job well. If you have any of those, list them.
Since many resumes are now read by computers that do pattern matching, and never hit a human being's eyes before being autoselected or rejected for an interview, having the right buzz words (i.e. ones mentioned in the ad) can mean the difference between getting noticed and getting ignored.
There is lots of resume advice online. Some of it is good, a lot of it is dated, but you can find lots of templates of resumes to look through, to get an idea of what you might want to put in yours.
